Word: hooley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Some etymologists trace the term to another Irishman named Hooley, whose gang became known as the Hooley-gang. Still others connect it vaguely with a notorious thug named Muldoon whose name spelled backwards reads "noodlum"; hence hoodlum and hooligan...